netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: use fib6_info_hold

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:25:09 -0700
From:   Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
To:     Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
CC:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: use fib6_info_hold_safe() when necessary

On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 08:56:32PM -0700, Wei Wang wrote:
> From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> 
> In the code path where only rcu read lock is held, e.g. in the route
> lookup code path, it is not safe to directly call fib6_info_hold()
> because the fib6_info may already have been deleted but still exists
> in the rcu grace period. Holding reference to it could cause double
> free and crash the kernel.
> 
> This patch adds a new function fib6_info_hold_safe() and replace
> fib6_info_hold() in all necessary places.
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>